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2005-09-06 Home Front: Economy

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Posted by Steve 2005-09-06 09:22|| || Front Page|| [4 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Yep, the utter depths of corruption. You can hid a lot in the goodtimes, but when events happen that are unforgivable, all the rot comes out in the resultant pain and suffering. Rebuilding NO without fundamental governmental reform is about as smart as rebuilding Iraq with the Ba'athist still in charge.

Posted by Snaise Slaling6562 2005-09-06 10:45|| 2005-09-06 10:45|| Front Page Top

#2 New Orleans: half of its buildings under water, and half of its officials under indictment.

Posted by Pappy 2005-09-06 12:26|| 2005-09-06 12:26|| Front Page Top

#3 The biggest failure, hands down, is in the area of communication. ALL kinds of communication. Truth is most of the right things were done, and done about as quickly as was possible (there are exceptions, for sure, but in an operation this size that is inevitable). But political ass-covering, spin, and back-stabbing seemed to dominant the information flow. At the lower levels the lack of ability for elements to talk to each other badly degraded efficiency of both the rescue and the law enforcement efforts, but that is something to be addressed in 'lessons learned', not argued about right now.
The second biggest problem is breakdown in leadership. Most of the 'leaders' here have never been tried by fire; they seem to show bursts of the right stuff, but lack the stamina to endure day after day of extreme hardship and pressure. I personally feel most of that shortfall is forgivable - people can't generally excel during on-the-job training. The unforgivable leadership failures are by so-called leaders who sacrifice their 'troops' while posturing for glory. They should be hanged.

Posted by Glenmore">Glenmore 2005-09-06 23:36|| 2005-09-06 23:36|| Front Page Top

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